Bottom: (c) 2013. The United States Playing Card Company, a subsidiary of Jarden Corporation(NYSE:JAH). All rights reserved. Manufactured by The United States Playing Card Company, Erlanger, KY 41018. Made in USA

Left: AIR-CUSHION FINISH MADE IN U.S.A.

Right: THE U.S. PLAYING CARD CO.

Today I learned that USPC is a subsidiary of Jarden Corporation. Huh. Whatevs. Rilakkuma(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rilakkuma) is a San-X character introduced in 2003 and is made of cuteness and all that good stuff. Bearbrick is a toy made by Medicom and features popular characters, in a similar manner to those Funko Pop toys you’ve probably seen all over the place.

Joker and Blank

The color scheme is Yellow, Pink, and Brown it seems like.

Rilakkuma jokers.

So the artsy thing on the faces of this deck is that the 52 cards have a Rilakkuma face or bearbrick on it somewhere. It could be a pip, or the entire card as for royals and aces.

The Rilak in Rilakkuma is for the Japanese pronunciation of ‘relax’. Kuma is ‘bear’. The aces seem chill.

Pips on spot cards.

I’m pretty sure you can’t put a bearbrick in some of these positions.

The border of the card is thinner than your standard bicycle back. Compared against Bicycle Orange.

Can you really be seen with cards that are pink and brown. The question is, can you afford not to? Aside from this deck, there’s the classic Bearbrick deck, Original Fake, Yomiuri Giants, Hanshin Tigers, and others if you’re into USPC decks sold in Japan.